World Test Championship final complete details: Venue, full squads, when and where to watch, other key info

Start Time: 10:30 AM Local Time, 3:00 PM IST

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Complete Squads:

South Africa: Tony de Zorzi, Ryan Rickelton, Aiden Markram, Temba Bavuma (c), David Bedingham, Tristan Stubbs, Kyle Verreynne, Wiaan Mulder, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Dane Paterson, Keshav Maharaj, Senuran Muthusamy

Australia: Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstas, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Alex Carey, Josh Inglis, Cameron Green, Beau Webster, Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Scott Boland, Nathan Lyon, Matt Kuhnemann Travelling reserve: Brendan Doggett

An overlook at South Africa’s road to WTC final

Matches Played: 12, Wins: 8, Losses: 3, Draws: 1, Points: 100, PCT: 69.44%

After engaging in a 1-1 draw against India at home to mark the start of their WTC cycle, the Proteas suffered a 0-2 loss to New Zealand. After that, they went to the West Indies and won 1-0, following which they defeated Bangladesh and Sri Lanka 2-0.

They secured their spot in the final after an exciting two-wicket victory over Pakistan at Centurion. The 2-0 win against Pakistan was South Africa's seventh straight victory in this cycle.

An overlook at Australia’s road to WTC final

Matches Played: 19, Wins: 13, Losses: 4, Draws: 2, Points: 154, PCT: 67.54%

Australia began their run to the WTC Final by engaging in 2-2 draw against traditional rivals England. The Kangaroos then clean swept Pakistan 3-0 at home.

Shamar Joseph's heroics for the tourists in Brisbane saw Australia end the West Indies series with a 1-1 draw.

The Australian side then defeated New Zealand 2-0, hosted India for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which they won 3-1. Australia then secured a 2-0 win against Sri Lanka in the subcontinent.

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WTC final: Who are the key players

South Africa: Kagiso Rabada

Rabada has spearheaded Proteas' pace department in this cycle of the Test Championship. He scalped a total of 47 wickets in 10 Tests, thus playing a key role in South Africa's campaign. The Proteas' victories both at home and away have been greatly aided by his three five-wicket hauls and an impressive average of 19.97. The pacer particularly likes playing in England, where he has taken 30 wickets in six Test matches that includes a five-wicket haul.

Australia: Travis Head

The explosive Australian batter has participated in all 19 matches, in which he scored a total of 1177 runs, featuring three hundreds. His record in England - 734 runs in 10 Tests. Additionally, Head was Australia's hero in the final against India in the previous cycle. He had then scored a spectacular 163 and would be ideal for Australia if the southpaw replicate the same at Lord's.

WTC25 Prize money:

A huge prize money for the 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship was revealed by the ICC last month. The winners will get USD $3.6 million, which is a substantial increase over the USD $1.6 million given in 2021 and 2023, while the runners-up will receive USD $2.16 million, which is an increase from USD $800,000.

WTC25 Final – Where to watch:

A number of broadcast partners have joined forces for the coverage of the ICC World Test Championship Final, which are listed as per their respective countries and region...

India: Star Sports and Jiostar

Australia: Amazon Prime Video

South Africa: SuperSport TV

UK: Sky Sports Cricket

USA and Canada: Willow TV and Willow TV app

Caribbean and South America: ESPN Caribbean and ESPN Play Caribbean

New Zealand: Sky Sport Network

Middle East and North Africa: TSM via Nagorik TV, e&

Pakistan: PTV and Ten Sports

Afghanistan: Ariana Television

Sri Lanka: Maharaja TV

Singapore: StarHub

Malaysia: Astro

Hong Kong: PCCW

Pacific Islands: PNG Digicel

Rest of the World: ICC.tv